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Saturday, March 26, 2011

50cc Gas Scooters

By Owen Jones


50cc scooters have an engine capacity that classifies them as small motorcycles or mopeds at the limit between the vehicle category and moped classes. Regulations vary in many countries of the world, when it comes to the right to drive 50cc scooters with or without a driving license and common terms are seldom achieved. For instance, in some EU countries you can ride such motorcycles without a driving license. The exceptions are France and Italy, where you must have a car driving license to ride vehicles up to 125cc. There is a fairly big level of legal ambiguity in the definition and classification of scooters and mopeds.

Restrictions and licensing fees are a lot smaller for 50cc scooters and they are not legally defined as motorcycles. This description is applied to vehicles above an engine capacity of 50cc. However, an in-between definition or class has been created by some jurisdictions. Therefore, between 50 and 150cc, vehicles are referred to as motorized bikes. In other parts of the world, 50cc scooters and above, are described as motorcycles.

Hence, the terms of such a vehicle's classification vary from state to state and cannot be discussed as if they are interchangeable. Consequently, when you go to buy for a scooter or you are looking for information, you need to take these facts into consideration as well in order to understand everything correctly.

As for technical features, 50cc scooters are among the smallest and best designed on the market. People love them because of their low cost, the reduced fuel consumption and the possibility of being used by teenagers and adults alike. They are sleek and nippy at the same time, so such a vehicle is considered a cool alternative to public transportation.

You can nip around with a scooter or moped, avoiding the traffic jams of heavy traffic. Even though they have a rather small engine capacity, 50cc scooters have four stroke engines with a high performance for various mobility and transportation uses.

However, 50cc scooters share common features with the larger models, because the design lines are usually kept almost the same by manufacturers. Therefore, there is an electric start and a kick start mode, the brakes and exhaust come in competition variants and they all have some sort of storage space beneath the seat.

Before purchasing a small motorcycle like this, you should learn something about the certification for registration, the guarantee, the gas consumption and the technical limitations of the particular model you want. However, the same advice are valid for larger designs too.




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